Listen: Senator Omidvar on the Impact of Social Procurement

In this Imagine Canada podcast, Senator Omidvar speaks to the potential that social procurement, and in particular community benefit agreements, holds to power the work of charitable and nonprofit organizations ( starting at 30 minutes, 22 seconds.)  The show also highlights a pilot project the federal government has launched to procure services from social enterprises and there is a discussion with “Choices for Youth in Newfoundland” about the local movement to see social procurement grow.